Nouweland, Anne van den(University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2004-01)
I survey the literature on network formation in situations where the possible
gains from cooperation of coalitions of agents are modeled by a coalitional game.
I discuss the models that appear in the literature and their ...
Stockard, Jean(National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI), 2010)
The purpose of this study was to examine growth in reading comprehension and fluency of
fourth grade general education students receiving instruction in Reading Mastery, Signature
Edition or Scott Foresman’s Celebrate ...
Esposito, Lucio; Lambert, Peter J.(University of Oregon, Dept of Economics, 2007-02-02)
Current poverty measurement methodology does not allow a
definitive analysis of changes in distribution, through time or between countries,
which involve changes in the number or proportion of poor people. By reopening
some ...
Davies, Ronald B.(University of Oregon, Dept of Economics, 2003-09)
I develop a simple model in which production of skill-intensive headquarter services are fragmented across borders in order to take advantage of complementarities between types of skilled labor. This setting indicates that ...
McDougald, Sarah; Condon, David M.(PsyArXiv, 2022-05-02)
Personality traits are often measured using person-descriptive terms, but data are limited regarding the frequency of usage for these terms in everyday language. This project reports on the relative frequency of usage for ...
Evans, George W., 1949-; Honkapohja, Seppo, 1951-(University of Oregon, Dept of Economics, 2003-07-12)
Using New Keynesian models, we compare Friedman's k-percent money supply rule to optimal interest rate setting, with respect to determinacy, stability under learning and optimality. First we review the recent literature: ...
Only a small amount of research has examined children's awareness or
knowledge of occupational characteristics and the effect that gender has on
their perceptions. Most of this earlier research dealt with only a few ...
Recent experimental evidence is marshalled in support of the position that man's limited memory, attention, and reasoning capabilities lead him to apply simple strain-reducing cognitive strategies for processing information ...
Weigt, Jill; Freyd, Jennifer J.; Berry, Kate; Gonzales, Lisa; Morgen, Sandra; Acker, Joan; Heath, Terri; Fuller, Linda, 1944-; Musick, Judith S.(Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon, 2003)
Frank, David A.; Bolduc, Michelle K.(American Society for the History of Rhetoric, 2004)
Chaïm Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca's Traité de l'argumentation: la nouvelle rhétorique marked a revolution in twentieth-century rhetorical theory. In this essay, we trace Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca‟s turn from ...
This paper suggests that long-term foster care, especially when it is provided within an American Indian Cultural Environment (AICE), may be a culturally appropriate alternative form of permanency for American Indian ...
The DOE Sponsored National Laboratories perform work considered crucial to sustaining
national scientific and technical capabilities. Employing the most talented and
accomplished scientists through tapping the nation’s ...
As the world’s largest service industry, tourism is increasingly perceived by proponents as a socioeconomic panacea for indigenous communities. A central tenet of this argument presumes that tourism can help ensure ...
Stockard, Jean; Van de Kragt, Alphons J. C.; Dodge, Patricia J.(American Sociological Association, 1988-01-06)
Data from two experimental social dilemmas-a set of 66 nine-person dilemmas and a set of 64 seven-person dilemmas-were used to examine sex differences in cooperation. Women were only slightly more likely than men to cooperate ...
Yarris, Kristin; Dent, Nicolette Jeannette(Taylor and Francis, 2016-04-13)
This article examines the sociocultural determinants of Nicaraguan women’s use of Depo-Provera as a means of contraception. The prevalence of Depo-Provera in Nicaragua is high and increasing compared to other Central ...